direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
to increase; to add to; to augment
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
to care for someone; to look after someone
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
refining; refinement; smelting; training
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to shoot or fire off an arrow
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
suspicion (of having committed a crime, wrongdoing)
in the meanwhile; during the time
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
moulting season; molting season
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
exquisite skill; wonderful performance
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
detour; circumvention; turning movement
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
preface; introduction; preamble
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else